Addressing complex risks from climate change and biodiversity loss across systems and scales: Leveraging the potential of tree-based solutions for adaptation in Europe
Funded by the EU Horizon Europe Programme, Trees4Adapt is a €4 million, 4-year project that aims to tackle the complex risks of climate change and biodiversity loss by supporting the design and implementation of tree-based solutions (nature-based solutions involving trees) across Europe. Through transdisciplinary research, modelling, and stakeholder engagement, the project will provide decision-makers with the knowledge and tools needed to build climate resilience, restore biodiversity, and avoid maladaptation.
Part of the EU Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change
Project Activities
Trees4Adapt brings together field research and advanced modelling to build an understanding of the interactions of climate change and biodiversity loss in different European landscapes. In the field, the project combines data from the long-term research platforms TreeDivNet and FunDivEurope (WP1) with real-world case studies in Finland, Germany, and Portugal, exploring how tree-based solutions perform under local ecological and socio-economic conditions (WP2). The project’s novel models will assess the economic viability of tree-based approaches (WP3) and produce EU-wide maps to indicate where tree-based solutions can deliver the greatest benefits (WP4). These combined activities provide the evidence, tools, and guidance needed to support more climate-resilient and biodiversity-friendly land management.
News & Events
New global assessment warns of economic risks from nature loss
New EU report calls for faster biodiversity action across Europe
Trees4Adapt project officially launched
Event 6 Stockholm, Sweden
Event 7 London, UK
Event 8 Växjö, Sweden
Event 9 Leipzig, Germany
Tree-based Solutions 4 Climate Change Adaptation & Biodiversity Conservation